"Soldier of Fortune: Payback is an intense, high-octane action experience with a story that could be ripped from today's headlines," said David Oxford, Activision. "Leveraging the power of the next-gen consoles, the game delivers the grittiest and most brutal Soldier of Fortune experience yet."

Complementing the single-player campaign are individual and team-based multiplayer modes like Death Match, Team Death Match, Elimination, Team Elimination, Capture the Flag and Demolition.

When a routine escort mission goes horribly wrong, freelance mercenary Thomas Mason finds himself battling an insidious enemy that knows no boundaries. Traditional armies can not handle these extremists – only underground guns for hire can fight a war this dirty and get results.